This is a rumor that I keep hearing, and thought was BS, but now I am wondering. Something along that lines that even thought dealers are not supposed to ship any cameras in the US before the 22nd, the Canon is either letting or just ignoring that the smaller dealers are selling and shipping them early.. Not that I care, I am just wishing Adorama or BH would give us some shipping info.
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Small shops can sell Mark III before the larger dealers?
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I'd like shipping info too, but maybe this is (as I've heard elsewhere) Canon's way of giving the local photo shops a fighting chance at staying in business.
Or maybe they get it through a distributor as opposed to direct and were not informed/held to the street date.
Or maybe they took a gamble
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Or maybe they get it through a distributor as opposed to direct and were not informed/held to the street date.
Or maybe they took a gamble
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Warning: The internet is filled with one sided views. Stay objective.
+1 google (A 1 with 100 zeros behind it)
What will REALLY tick me off is is I don't get one from the first batch, by preordering from a online giant on day one, when I could have just waited and picked one up at a local mom & pop store! And going by the nonexistant information from the online giants, that could very well happen. If they would at least tell us if we are far enough up the list or not, we could go pick one up locally instead of waiting around for nothing. IMO, it will be an unforgivable bumbled deployment if folks who ordered on day one get left out in the cold, in favor of folks who waited and walked in off the street and picked one up.
Ralph Iannacone
Member
The rumor is true, the local photo shop near me has two in stock as of noon today.
The Photo-Lab, Schenectady, NY
The Photo-Lab, Schenectady, NY
Camera Dog
Senior Member
I just got one from a local camera store in the US.
They said they got 10 yesterday.
I picked one up.
Call your local shop.
They said they got 10 yesterday.
I picked one up.
Call your local shop.
I just sent emails to a couple shops and I will call some others tomorrow. If the online vaporware giants could at least tell us if we made the cutoff from the first batch, and give us a some kind of idea when they would ship, it would be a different story. But the silent treatment is BS.
Camera Dog
Senior Member
KatManDEW wrote:
and give us a some kind of idea when they would ship, it would be a different story. But the silent treatment is BS.
It is not good to assume that they know exactly how many cameras they will get and when they will get them.
It would be dangerous for them to say "we are getting them on the 22nd and you are in the first batch" because if the shipment gets delayed, or they don't get as many as they were told, then you will be upset because you cancelled an order elsewhere.
Shipments are never guaranteed. Trucks get delayed, cutoff times missed, paperwork screw ups in customs happen, and so on.
and give us a some kind of idea when they would ship, it would be a different story. But the silent treatment is BS.
It is not good to assume that they know exactly how many cameras they will get and when they will get them.
It would be dangerous for them to say "we are getting them on the 22nd and you are in the first batch" because if the shipment gets delayed, or they don't get as many as they were told, then you will be upset because you cancelled an order elsewhere.
Shipments are never guaranteed. Trucks get delayed, cutoff times missed, paperwork screw ups in customs happen, and so on.
If that's true, and we "made the cut", we will receive shipment two weeks after the camera started going out the doors of small stores. IF we made the cut...
I'll be damn'd if I screw around with preordering ever again. Preordering, and about a dollar, will get you a cup of coffee at a gas station.
Camera Dog
Senior Member
I really don't understand why you are so angry.
Pre-ordering didn't cost you a dime, right?
Free.
I pre-ordered at two places.
I called two stores today and one store had a camera
I bought it.
I cancelled my pre-orders.
No big deal.
If it cost me the chance to get one from the first batch, because I waited around for one that I preordered, that's a reason to be angry. And part of the reason the I preordered was so that I could get it as soon as possible. But that didn't turn out to be the earliest way to get one...
Camera Dog
Senior Member
No one said that pre-ordering from a certain store would mean you would get it in the first batch. If you believed that, then that was your first mistake.
If you waited around when it was clear that some stores were getting them earlier, that was your second mistake
I know that Amazon and B&H specifically told me that they had no idea when they would get camera or how many they would get.
You could have done what other people did and call around.
I've been invloved with preorders of products in different industries, and the vendors knew how many products were alloted to them from the first run. They updated the status of their websites when the first allotment was sold out. The kept accepting orders in most cases, but clearly stated that the first batch was sold out, and didn't know when the next batch would be available. Apparently Canon and Amazon and B&H do have their act together as well as some other industries.
I ordered my 5D3 from the web, so no person told me that they didn't know when they thought they would get it or how many they would get, and the website did not provide that information either.
The distribution process could be handled more professionally. I've seen it done.
ronm2008
Forum Enthusiast
If I remember correctly, exactly the same thing happened with my pre-order through Amazon of the 5D2. It shipped a week or so after the small shops were selling them. I would call around, but for me the 3% Amazon credit card rebate is worth the small wait.
Ron
p.s. with the 5D2, I ordered the kit. I seem to rmember that body only shipments were delayed a lot more.
Ron
p.s. with the 5D2, I ordered the kit. I seem to rmember that body only shipments were delayed a lot more.
Robert Sheldon
Senior Member
If you are a long time Canon user, you should have known this would happen. Canon released the 5DII to the small dealers long before it got to the big online stores. It did not surprise me one bit that it happened again with the 5DIII. I can remember getting my 10D locally long before I could get it from B&H.
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Dylthedog
Leading Member
That's what hear in Europe anyway.
I guess it depends on how well it sells though...
I guess it depends on how well it sells though...
Colin K. Work
Veteran Member
What I was told when I collected mine (in a kit box) was that in the UK at least, Canon were shipping kits boxed up with the 24-105 before shipping body only packages.
Dealers are allowed to separate the kit and sell as individual items if they want to. I would imagine that 'real' shops may be prepared to do this, but doing so would be too much hassle/impractical for online retailers.
Cheers,
Colin
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Colin K. Work
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Dealers are allowed to separate the kit and sell as individual items if they want to. I would imagine that 'real' shops may be prepared to do this, but doing so would be too much hassle/impractical for online retailers.
Cheers,
Colin
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Colin K. Work
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I'm a long time Canon user. Since before the digital age. 5D3 will be my sixth digital Canon SLR. But I've always obtained new releases locally. Never paid any attention to online availability of new releases. Guess I will stick with that plan in the future (If I stay with Canon in the future).
I'll be damn'd if I screw around with preordering ever again. Preordering (a Canon product), and about a dollar, will get you a cup of coffee at a gas station.
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